Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 22nd Oct 2009 21:53 UTC
I never thought it was possible, but as it turns out, Microsoft has managed to produce some pretty good commercials for its brand new operating system, Windows 7. They are quite product-oriented, and carry the slogan "I'm a PC and Windows 7 was my idea".
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2006-02-02
Really? Gartner's broken out the crack pipe again, then, especially in IT environments.
Microsoft provides some nice tools:
1) User State Migration, to backup the profile(s) to a server.
2) Microsoft Deployment Toolkit to customize, image, and deploy sysprep-style images.
3) GPO or SCCM based application deployment.
So, backup the user profiles, wipe and re-image the machine, reinstall the applications automagically, and restore the user profile.
That covers 95% of my user base right there, at about 45 minutes to an hour per machine.
As for home users, I wouldn't recommend upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 anyway. Vista to 7 shouldn't be too bad, but XP is just too wild and unmanaged to make a direct upgrade safe.